Fresh Additions For Spring at Quattro Gastronomia Italiana
Executive Chef Luciano Sautto, who joined Quattro in January 2017, has just unveiled new menu items that reflect his diverse culinary background and Italian upbringing. These additions provide a touch of spring to the award-winning Italian eatery whose menu is centered on house-made pastas and dishes influenced by various regions of Italy. “The new...
Elegant Italian Import Le Sirenuse Sets Up Shop at the Newly Renovated Surf Club
While the majority of the buzz at the Four Seasons Hotel at the Surf Club’s (9011 Collins Avenue) new restaurant offerings is around Thomas Keller’s upcoming 2018 project, there is another opening worthy of note. Late last month, the legendary Postanio hotel, which houses Michelin-starred La Sponda restaurant, set up a restaurant and champagne bar...
The Ferraro’s story: from bait and tackle shop to high-end Italian
Ferraro’s Kitchen & Wine Bar is in a former bait and tackle shop on the mainland side of 79th Street. The space was transformed into a modern Italian restaurant with one wall filled with wine bottles, a black polished granite counter with high green chairs and a patio in back with tables shaded by canopies. It is open with plenty of light from fron...
91-year-old owner still cooking at Kingston pizza restaurant
The people who work at one East Tennessee restaurant joke that everything is breaking down except the owner of Mama Mia's. She is 91 years old. "I'm not going to quit until I go bye-bye," Lottie O'Brien said with a laugh. She's baked bread in a particular oven since 1956 when she ran a bakery up north. "We had that one in the bakery in New Jersey....
New Italian, upscale eateries for Burlington
A restaurant shuffle will bring Burlington two new upscale dining options in the coming weeks. Michelle’s Kitchen & Catering, a carry-out and catering business at 3290 S. Church St. owned by Chef Michelle Morton, is moving into the former Cutlery Steakhouse space at 2461 S. Church St. In turn, chef Darren Atkins plans to open an Italian take-out an...
BRAVO Cucina Italiana at the Mercato in Naples, Florida Recently Named One of OpenTable's "The Top 100 Hot Spot Restaurants in America" for 2017
BRAVO Cucina Italiana at the Mercato in Naples, Fla. was recently named one of "The Top 100 Hot Spot Restaurants in America" for 2017 by OpenTable diners. OpenTable is an app that allows users to make online reservations, read and write reviews about restaurants across the globe. The BRAVO brand, part of BRAVO | BRIO Restaurant Group, Inc., is cele...
Amici owners plan new store in Macon
One of Milledgeville’s most popular restaurants has set out on an ambitious undertaking. Amici, the restaurant and bar that has operated for more than 20 years and which has grown to include seven locations around Middle Georgia, is planning a brand new restaurant in what will be the biggest city the company has ventured into so far: Macon. The mov...
It's Italian food heaven at Solorzano's
Just a few weeks ago, my Lunch Bunch Buddy and I were bemoaning the scarcity of Italian restaurants in Wichita Falls. Lo and behold, no sooner did we write that review and a brand new Italian restaurant opens - downtown of all places. After seeing the newly hung sign, and a few Facebook raves, we quickly made our way down to Solorzano’s Italian Cui...
Art’s Place gives patrons a slice of Italy
When the craving for homemade gnocchi creeps, it pounces. For the fortunate who live nearRedwood Drive, a plate of it isn’t far away. For the rest of us, a hop over the 101 overpass, through a few traffic lights and around Reading Cinemas leads to Art’s Place, a slice of Italy right in our backyard. Just like mom used to make, Art’s Place has all...
Italian restaurant coming to Clemson student housing
New student housing projects are popping up all over Clemson University these days, but one real estate firm is looking to combine that need with a restaurant expected to serve the city of Clemson, the university as well as all those visitors coming to see the national champion Clemson Tigers this fall. Stonemont Financial Group, a real estate inve...
Carmelo’s Pizzeria serves up Italian classics in a cozy atmosphere
Joe and Cindy Tringali have cornered the market on King and Malaga streets in downtown St. Augustine with their popular pizzeria, Carmelo’s Pizzeria. What started out as a small gas station named Conner’s Shell 25 years ago has grown into a booming business comprised of a gas station, an upscale marketplace and a pizzeria. New York-style pizza is c...
Baciami Italian restaurant opens in Las Ventanas
Delray Beach father-and-son restaurateurs Steven Pellegrino, Sr. and his son, Steven Pellegrino, Jr., founders and owners of Il Bacio restaurant and nightclub, and Prime Delray, a steakhouse and supper club, have opened Baciami (Kiss Me) in Boynton Beach's Las Ventanas. The duo, originally from Rhode Island, set its sights on the city hoping to cre...